#FAEE97#FAEE97

#FAEE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.837; OKLCH L 94.0% C 0.108 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FAEE97
RGB	rgb(250, 238, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 91%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(53, 40%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 39.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.32, -7.99, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.32, 44.27, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(93.97% -0.0215 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(93.97% 0.108 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.5862, 83.7095, 41.4481)
Luminance	0.8371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FAEE97 #97A3FA

analogous

#FABC97 #FAEE97 #D4FA97

triadic

#FAEE97 #97FAEE #EE97FA

tetradic

#FAEE97 #97FABC #97A3FA #FA97D4

square

#FAEE97 #97FABC #97A3FA #FA97D4

split-complementary

#FAEE97 #97D4FA #BC97FA

monochromatic

#F4DB22 #F7E45D #FAEE97 #FDF8D1 #FEFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.18

#FAEE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.74

#FAEE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FAEE97

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FAEE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FAEE97	1.00	1.18	17.74	17.74
#FFFFFF	1.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ECECEC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #faee97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(250, 238, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(94.0% 0.108 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fdf3b6',
    500: '#faee97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #faee97;
$custom-light: #fdf3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#faee97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 250,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 90.826,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93968,
    "c": 0.10848,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.83707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FAEE97

secondary

#5B6ADA

accent

#1CE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181711

muted

#868581

Preview Lab

Preview with #FAEE97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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